page_title: Pyrgoi
section_title: From classical antiquity to the Roman Empire
hierarchical_section_title: Pyrgoi / History / From classical antiquity to the Roman Empire
caption_attribution_description: Български: Македонската гробница край Катраница.
context_page_description: Pyrgoi is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality. It is located in Northern Greece, in the region of Western Macedonia. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Vermio, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 768 inhabitants in the village.
context_section_description: In a location near the village it can be concluded from archeological findings (coins, tombs, inscriptions) that there was an ancient settlement during the Hellenistic and Roman period, which was in control of a route that led from Eordaea to southern Macedonia.
  Historian Margaritis Dimitsas in his work "Ancient Geography of Macedonia" places in the region of Pyrgoi the ancient city of Eordaea. He noted "...the capital city of Eordaea was located to the south east of lake Ostrovo. Katranitsa's (Pyrgoi) location seems to be similar to that of the ancient city, which had been maintained until the 10th century, when it was destroyed by Bulgarian invaders. The remnants of the city became Katranitsa.".
caption: Ancient Greek Macedonian tomb near Pyrgoi (Katranitsa)
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